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Philip J Connolly
- Apr 25
- 3 min
The Emperor Exposed
Disability Resilience Network response to Disability Confident, trade bodies and the UK government.
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Philip J Connolly
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Looking For a Black Swan
There are many legitimate influences on good policy making but one essential element is the asking of questions. If we ask better...
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Chris Lonsdale
- Feb 7
- 5 min
The Social Value Act, the Disability Employment Gap and the Need for Action on the Ground.
An Open Letter to the UK’s Disability Charities In recent years, I have been researching the use of the Social Value Act in the UK. This...
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Philip J Connolly
- Jan 17
- 1 min
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it! Looking back from 2025.
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it!
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Philip J Connolly
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
Disabled people and the General Election
It is still up to two years to the general election so why act now? In a word - timing.
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Philip J Connolly
- Sep 26, 2022
- 3 min
The Bluffers Guide to Obtaining Old and New Resources
Most NGOs have two arms to them. The first is the one that established them as providers of information, advice and guidance, possibly...
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Philip J Connolly
- Aug 18, 2022
- 3 min
Disability, Self-Sufficiency and Mutualism
Ok, so you've signed a petition, been on a march, added your details to the sum of evidence and yet still been ignored. What’s left?...
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Philip J Connolly
- Apr 10, 2022
- 3 min
Rethink on Barriers
Of course there are barriers and they are in the main real and even hazardous. But! But have barriers been overthought? For decades the word
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Philip J Connolly
- Feb 21, 2022
- 3 min
Mass Membership: feedback on our scenario planning
We will become the biggest network for disabled people and those with a long-term health condition because you decided to join us.
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Philip J Connolly
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
The Book of Numbers
The Disability Resilience Network seeks to capitalise on the wisdom of the crowd.
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Philip J Connolly
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
The Inclusive Economy - The Disability Resilience Network (DRN) Goal
The DRN is a network and we are already welding national representation to local activism. Our evolving structure will allow us to conduct c
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Philip J Connolly
- Jan 2, 2022
- 4 min
Tipping points for a mass movement
Tipping point theory tells us how small differences can make a new reality or break an old one.
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Philip J Connolly
- Feb 15, 2021
- 4 min
Thoughts from a Creative Disruptor
I was recently asked by one disability activist what do you do once you have told your story. Perhaps your own successful story of...
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